Building construction



Jan. l2, 1943.u M, A, REHN n BUILDING -cONsTRUcTloN 2 sheets-sheet 1 Filed Aug. 12, 1940 ATTORN EY Jah. 12, 1943. M. A. -YREHN 2,308,248

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 12, 1943 orgies BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Maurice A. Rehn, Kansas City, Mo., assignor to Tramill-Rehn I .umber Company, Kansas City, Mo., a corporation of Missouri Application August I12, 1949, seria1N0.s52,227

5 Claims.

This invention relates to a building construction particularly adaptable to small cabins, road side inns, and similar structures, and has `for its principal object to provide prefabricated units which may be readily assembled at the site to form a building of the required size and shape.

Another object of the invention is to provide Vwall units that have finished exterior and interior sides formed of relatively thick tongue and grooved boards interposed by an insulating material, whereby the unit is self-supported without studs, and is weather-tight.

Other objects of the invention are to provide grooved headers engaging the upper ends of the inner and outer finish boards to assist in retaining the boards in assembly; and to p rovide window and door frames which are incorporatedv in the-respective units, the frames having grooved exterior sides receiving the edges of the iinish boards, similar to the grooved headers.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a unit wall or partition structure adapted to various interior and exterior designs, for example, the interior may consist of tongue and grooved knotty pine boards while the exterior may consist of ordinary tongue and grooved boards.

In accomplishing these and other objects of the invention, I have provided improved details". f structure, the preferred forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

rFig. 1 is a fragmentary perspective View of a i portion of a building constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through one corner of the building.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section through a door oi the building.

Fig. 4 is a similar section through a window of the building.

Fig. 5 is a similar section through an intermediate portion of the wall.

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section through a modified form of wall structure.

Referring more in detail to the drawings:

I designates a building constructed in .ac-

building walls and formedof a material of suicient thickness so that the units are self-sup,- porting without the use of studs usually employed in building construction. `The edges of the boards 1i and 5 are preferably tongue and grooved as at 6 7 and 8-9 respectively, so asto provide intertting joints arranged so that the joints between the inner boards are staggered with respect to the joints of the outer boards, as ,clearly shown in' Fig. 2.- v

interposed between, the facingsides of -the inner and outer boards, and clamped by the adjacent faces thereof, is a sheet of insulating material Ill.V The insulating material Ill may be of any suitable type, for example paper. The upper ends I I and I2 of the inner andouter boards are lin substantial registry and arevreceived in grooves I3 of a header plate I4, which'is preferably secured thereto by fastening devices, such as nails i5, driven through the plate and into the ends of the boards as shown in Fig. 5. The lower ends I6 and Il of the boards are also in substantial registry and are nailed together and to a floor sill p IB-having its lower edge substantially registered with the lower ends I6 and I'I, the nails I9 being driven from the outer side through the respective layers of boards and into the sill as shown in 24 to receive the edges of the wall boards, the

frame being secured by fastening devices such as nails 25 driven .through the frame and into the boards. The door frame may include a sto-p 25 Vand a tread 2l for closingv the space about a door 28 'which may be of ordinary construction, the door being hinged to the frame as indicated at 29 and provided with a customary lock 30. Other of the units may be provided with Window openings 3i carrying frames 32 corresponding tothe door frames, and whichcarry sash 33 which may be secured to the sides of the frames by hinges 3G and retained in closed position by latches 35.

The corner units are formed of boards similar to the intermediate units, with the endmost boards 33 and 3l on one side lapping the edges 38 and 39 of the endmost boards of the other side and secured thereto by suitable fastening devices. In the corner units the insulating material lil preferably extends continuously around the corner so that should the joint open up because of shrinkage, swelling, -or the like,rthein sulation will maintain the seal. i Wall units of suitable number and having the required door and window openings may beprovided and arranged upon a foundation or other suitable support 40, with the ends of the inner Vand outer wall boards and sills I8 resting on the support. The floor joists 4I may then be secured to the sills I8 and the flooring 42 laid vupon the joists as in customary building practice. Since the boards comprising the inner and outer sides of the respective units have the joints over-k lapped, the adjacent sides of the respective units will therefore overlap so that they .may be nailed together to form a continuous wall. A plate 43 is then preferably nailed on top of the lheader plates I4, after which the roof structure is applied, the rafters 44 thereof 'beingn-otc'hed .to rest directly on the upper plates 43 as shown .in Figs. 3 to 5 inclusive, filler blocks 44 being inserted between the respective rafters to enclose vthe .space therebetween. The outer sheetingA 45 is then applied to kthe rafters, followed 'by lthe .roofing A46 as shown. The ceiling 41 may 'be affixed to `theunder -side fof the rafters and consist of any suitable material, such as wall board, veneer, yor the like, to harmonize with the interior finish of the side walls. A'quarter round 48 or 'the equivalent is nailed within the .angle between 'the ooring and the Walls as shown. The joint between the wall plates I4 and -43 -may be 'covered by a rfrieze board 49 to complete the assembly.

If desired, the building may be provided with partitions 5o conforming in structure to the vside walls, except that the boards l-l and `52 will `corlrespond to the character of the Ainner boards `of the sidewalls, -andboth the upper and loweren'ds .thereof 4will he received 2in grooves '53 .and 54 lof 'head and base plates 55 and 56 respectively.

In the form of wall structure shown "in 6, the inner and outer boards 51 and `58 'maybe -of substantially the same thickness as the corresponding boards of the preferred form, but the edge joints maybe in the 'form of shiplaps '59 and 6i?. In lthis Vconstruction rthe inner fand outer boards preferably register 'with each other fas shown in Fig. A6, with the sheet of 'insulating material 6I interposed therebetween, otherwise the. structure Vis 'the same as that of the preferred form.

From the foregoing it is obvious that I have provided Ya bu-ilding 'construction which .is particularly `adapted to small cabins yand 'other inexpensive buildings, and that the buildings vmay be quicklyand readily assembled ifrom :fabricated units :at relatively small cost. .It is .also :obvious that the wall and partit-ion .un-its are :selffsupporfting tand thoroughly .insulated yby the i-nterposed sheet of insulating material. It is also obvious Athat the boards composing the wall unit areso `jointed as 'to provide Weather-.tight joints. It is also obvious that the structure jprovides a building lwhich is of strong, rigid construction, without the use of -studding or other posts.

Wha-.t I claim and desire to secure by .Letters Patent is:

ll. In 'a building construction, a wall unit including vertically positioned inner and outer boards arranged in face to face relation with the side edges of the inner and outer boards abutting each other and .having lthe upper .and lower end edges of both 'the ,inner and .outer boards .in registry, an insulating material interposed lbetween said related faces of the Yinner and outer boards, a header plate having a groove receiving 'the upper end edges of both inner and outer boards to retain said boards in assembly at the upper ends thereof, a sill extending transversely across the lower portion of the inner boards and with the lower edge thereof 'in substantial registry with the lower registering end edges of the inner and outer boards, and fastening devices extend- .ing through the Vinner and outer boards and into :said sill 'for retaining the lower ends of said boards in assembly.

2. In a building construct-ion, a wall unit including vertically positioned inner and outer boards arranged in face to face relation with the ,side edges of the .inner boards in abutting contact with eachother and staggered with respect lto .corresponding abutting edges of the outer boards and with the upper and lower end edges of V'both the inner and outer boardsv in registry, Aan `insulating material interposed between said related faces of the inner and outer boards, a 'header plate having .a groove .receiving the 'upper end edges of lboth inner and outer lboards 'to retain' said boards Ain assembly at 4the 'upper ends thereof, a sill extending transversely across the lower portion of `the inner boards and Awith the lower Iedge thereof in substantial registry with 'the :lower registering end edges of the inner land -outer boards, and fastening devices rextending through 'the inner and outer boards 4and -into :said sill for retaining the 4lower ends lof said 'boards 'in assembly.

3. In a building constructiony a wall unit ,in- 'cluding vertically positioned inner and outer boards arranged in face to face relation and having iinterengaging tongue -and groove vertical side edges, said inner and outer vboards having the upper hand lower end edges of both the .inner and outer boards 'in registry, .an insulating material interposed 'between said 'related .faces ofthe inner and outer boards with said faces =of `-both Vinner vand outer boards in contact Jwith the insulating material, 'a header plate having a groove receiving uthe upper end edges Vof both inner and outer boards to retain said Vboards in assembly at 'the upper ends thereof, a sill rextending transversely across `the lower lportion of the inner boards and with the lower 'edge thereof in substantial registry `with the lower registering 'end edges of the inner and outer boards, and fastening 'devices extending through ,the Vinner .and vouter boards and linto said sill for retaining the :lower ends of said 'boards .in assembly.

.4. In a building construction, .a wall .unit including vertically positioned inner and .outer boards arranged-inface to face relation and having tongue and grooved joints at the vertical vside edges of said boards. the joints between the juxtaposed inner boards being staggered with respect to the Y,joints between the juxtaposed outer boards and with the upper `fand lower end edges `of Yboth the :inner :and router fboardsin registry, an insulating material interposed between 'said related faces of the inner and outer boards, a head- -er plate having a groove receiving 4the upper end edges fof both inner and .outer boards 'to retain said boards inassembly at the upper ends thereof, a second lheader plate nailed to the upper face of .the ygrooved Vheader plate, va `si-ll extending transversely across the lower portion vo'f the inner boards and with the 'lower edge thereof vin substantial registry with the lower `registering end edges-of `thefinner and'outer boards,'fastening devices extending through the Ainner and outer boards and 'into said sill for kretaining the lower ceiving the registering upper ends of the inner and outer boards, and sills extending across the lower portions of the inner boards and having their lower edges extendng'in substantial alignment with the lower registering ends of the inner and outer boards, said Iinner boards at said corner having the vertical side edges inset from the corresponding side edges of the outer boards whereby the Vertical edges of the inner boards 10 are overlapped by the outer boards.

MAURICE A. REI-IN. 

